This Week’s Gospel Message

Thursday, October 27th, 2022

This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, October 30th is from Luke 19:1-10.

“Jesus looked up and said, ‘Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.’ And he came down quickly and received him with joy…And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.’”

“Zacchaeus climbs a tree in order to see Jesus on his way to Jerusalem. Sometimes our ability to see the Lord is blocked and we struggle through life, losing our way, unaware that mercy and forgiveness are within reach. We are called to approach Jesus with humility and repentance, like Zacchaeus did, responding to Jesus with joy, and immediately expressing his contrition.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2022

DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday Philippians 2:1-4; Luke 14:12-14

Tuesday Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a

All Saints Day – “This feast, honoring all the saints of the Church, known and unknown, provides an opportunity to reflect on the nature of sainthood and celebrate the exemplary faithfulness of holy men and women of every place and time, whose lives and deeds inspire us.”

Wednesday Wisdom 3:1-9; Romans 5:5-11; John 6:37-40

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) – “Since the early Church, Christians have prayed for the dead, and in 988, Odilo, abbot of the French monastery of Cluny, established the tradition of keeping, ‘with joyous affection, the memory of all the faithful departed who have lived from the beginning of the world until the end.’ By the fourteenth century, the commemoration had spread and was universally accepted in the Latin Church.”

Thursday Philippians 3:3-8a; Luke 15:1-10

Friday Philippians 3:17—4:1; Luke 16:1-8

Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop (Memorial) – “As archbishop, his ascetic life and reform of his diocese made him one of the leading figures in the Catholic reformation of the Church after the Council of Trent. May we learn from him that ‘if we wish to make any progress in the service of God, we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness.’”

Saturday Philippians 1:18b-26; Luke 14:1, 7-11

SOURCE: Living With Christ, November 2022

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